PocketDrop — Android
Write it.
Forget it.
It deletes itself.
7 days left
Some things are worth keeping forever. Most things aren't. PocketDrop is a fast capture app for the information you need right now and won't need next week — a parking sign, a locker number, a document you had to photograph, a thought you had on a walk.
Capture it in seconds, decide how long it should live, and never think about it again. When the time runs out the note archives itself, and then it's deleted for good. You never tidy up, because there's nothing left to tidy.
Direct captures stay in PocketDrop's Android private storage for as long as you set. Imports are copies, and their originals remain in the source library or app.
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What it does
Capture
Text, voice, or photo. One tap on New, pick a type, save. No folder to choose, no title to invent, no organising before you're allowed to write something down.
Decide once
Every note gets a "Keep for" value: 1 day, 7 days, 30 days, Permanent, or a custom time down to the minute. You set it while you write. That's the last decision you make about it.
Expire
Time runs out, the note moves to Archive, and after that it's deleted — 30 days later by default, or on whatever schedule you set. Your Inbox only ever holds what still matters.
Stay put
No account, no cloud, no sync. PocketDrop does not upload app
content or contact online services during normal app
operation. Its files are excluded from Android
automatic backups with android:allowBackup="false".
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Why that combination matters
A photo of a passport page, a bank letter or a prescription taken with a camera or gallery app may be uploaded or backed up, depending on that app, account, and device settings. It may then resurface for years — in photo memories, in suggestions, in a shared album, or in somebody else's breach.
Take the photo directly in PocketDrop instead: the app stores that capture in private storage and does not add it to your Android photo library. PocketDrop may then be the only app-managed copy, but it cannot control copies made elsewhere. If you import, choose from your library, or share an image into PocketDrop, it creates a copy and the original remains outside PocketDrop. PocketDrop does not upload app content.
Put the phone in airplane mode. PocketDrop's local capture and lifecycle features behave the same. Choosing a website or support link opens your browser or email app outside PocketDrop.
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Changed your mind? There's time
Archive is your window. Restore anything from it, extend an active note by 1, 7 or 30 days, push it to a specific date, or mark it Permanent and it stays until you say otherwise. Archived something by accident? There's an Undo. And if you'd rather nothing ever went away on its own, set Archive to keep forever.
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Being straight with you
Two different things get called privacy, and PocketDrop only does one of them. Here is exactly where the line sits.
App content is not uploaded to the developer — no PocketDrop cloud, server, or sync
No account and no sign-up
Does not contact online services during normal app operation
Excluded from Android device backups with android:allowBackup="false"
No analytics SDK, no tracking, no ads
Notes delete themselves on your schedule
There is no app lock, passcode or biometric gate
There is no app-level encryption
Deletion is not a forensic wipe
Anyone holding your unlocked phone can read everything
PocketDrop is built to forget things, not to hide them. An app lock is on the roadmap.
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Not in this version
So you don't find out from a review: no search, no cloud sync or multi-device, no notifications or reminders before a note expires, no voice transcription, no OCR or QR scanning, no AI features, no sharing between users, no video notes, one photo per note, no folders, plain text only.
Search and opt-in expiry reminders are the two most likely additions.
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Get it
PocketDrop's first release is for Android. The app will only be supported on Android in this release.
Questions, bugs, or feature requests: support@jrpalacios.dev